Meetings

Monday, May 2. 7:00pm

Warren Bittner will speak on 

                            “Researching and Understanding Illegitimacy”

Warren  is a genealogical researcher and lecturer, with thirty years of research experience. He holds a Master of Science degree in history from Utah State University, and a Bachelors of Science degree in Business from Brigham Young University. His master’s thesis looked at the social factors affecting illegitimacy in nineteenth-century Bavaria. 

He is the owner of Ancestors Lost and Found, a genealogical research firm. 

Monday, May 2. 7pm. This is a Zoom presentation.

GIG members will receive an email link to join the Zoom presentation.  

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Future Speakers:

June 6: Russel Horton from the Wisconsin Veteran's Museum will discuss Germans in the Civil War.

July - No Meeting 

August: Kathy Wurth: German Guild and Journeymen.

September - No Meeting 

October: Tim Holian will talk about the German influence in post-prohibition breweries in Wisconsin. 

Note:  Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the first Monday of the month except for January, July and September. Meetings are currently held on Zoom due to Covid.  GIG members will receive an email link to join the Zoom presentation.   Not a member? Join GIG to access all of these presentations.  click here. 

Normally we meet at 7:00 pm at St. Mark Lutheran Church located at 2921 Mt. Zion Avenue, Janesville, Wisconsin.